ok so i have a "non power steering rack" that my friend did for me.
he took the power steering out and took the rack and cleaned it and greased it out.
but now after installed, i feel alot of play on the steering wheel and ontop of that it makes "cracking noises"
did something go wrong or what?

 

Did your friend put in the p/s delete kit? Or did he just unhook the hoses and called it good? I've never done this before but my understanding is that you should have the feed and return lines from the rack connected to each other. There was a guy that was selling a kit but it's been a while now. Don't know if he's still in the biz.

 

Theirs a kit!?
He just told me that he took it apart and took the p/s stuff out and put grease on it.

 

I would think the grease would be too thick to provide proper lubrication. The kit simply loops the fittings back around and keeps a little fluid in the rack to keep it lubed.

 

So my best bet is to find another p/s rack and put the kit on it?
Since the rack I have is already kind of mest up?

 

It your going through the trouble of swapping racks just buy a non-power steering rack from a civic dx and put it in there. Then It's done correctly and no kit has to be used.

 

From what u mentioned, the plays could be your inner and outer tie rods instead of the rack & pinion itself. The so-called "P/S delete" is just simply put a U-shaped hose from the outlet to the inlet to recirculate the fluid inside the rack. I did it on my DC2 once, but I kept a certain level of P/S fluid and didn't coat any grease at all. Check the outer tie rods by visually checking the dust boot if there are cracks on them and moving them back and forth. Good tie rods should be pretty solid that has from little to No play! Ripped inner tie rods bellow boots would let the grease dry out and result in creaking noise when steering. Worst case scenario, go to wreck yard and buy a manual rack off from any 92-00 civics or pepboys has some remanufactured manual rack for sale for a good price. I bought mine for 130 bucks. Hope this is helpful to you.

 

Would that fit on my 92 integra with out any mods?

 

I know they fit dc's. Might want to do a quick search for da's.

 

Ok thanks I'll get back to you guys after I do research and see if my tie rods are just the problem with the play and cracking noises. But if it is just the tie rods
Could I just change that instead of changing the rack?

 

Replacing outer tie rods are pretty straightforward, but you need special tool for inner tie rods.

 

So the inner tie rods I would need a pickle fork?